Viking Longboat is Licked By Flames
From Ferne Arfin, About.com
The dramatic moment of Shetland's Up Helly Aa occurs when 1,000 Vikings set a colorful longboat ablaze with their torches at the water's edge.
Viking longboat succumbs to the flames of 1,000 torches during Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Shetland
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